No.98 April 26 ,2024

Courtney Dauwalter (USA) andGuomin Deng (China) Win FUJI100miat Mt. FUJI 100

On the evening of Friday, April 26, during the two-day event Mt. FUJI 100 held from
April 26 (Fri) to 27 (Sat), 2024, Courtney Dauwalter (USA) and Guomin Deng (China)
emerged victorious in the women's and men's divisions of the "FUJI100mi" race,respectively.
The "FUJI100mi" is a trail running race that started at midnight on April 26 (Fri) from
Fujisan-Kodomono-Kuni (Fuji, Shizuoka) and finished at Fujisan-no-Meisui Stadium in Fuji
Hokuroku Park. Guomin Deng completed the 166.6km course with a cumulative elevation
gain of 7,039m through the mountains, forests, and towns at the foot of Mt. Fuji in 19hours, 10 minutes, and 34 seconds, while Courtney Dauwalter finished in 19 hours, 21minutes, and 22 seconds. Additionally, at the time of writing, Guidu Qin (China) secured
2nd place with a time of 19 hours, 20 minutes, and 52 seconds, and Ryo Murata (Japan)
took 3rd place with a time of 20 hours, 27 minutes, and 14 seconds.

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In the women's race, Courtney Dauwalter not only maintained her lead from thebeginning but also overtook several male runners in the latter half of the race, ultimatelyachieving an astonishing 3rd place overall.
In the men's race, Guomin Deng and Guidu Qin ran together at the front in the first half.
However, Deng arrived at F5 Oshino (113.0km) 20 minutes earlier, and from there, hecontinued to extend his lead over Qin.
Men's winner Guomin Deng reflected on his race, saying, "Today's race was not perfect,
and there will be points to reflect on. Especially when crossing the three mountains at theend, it was very tough. But I am grateful that I was able to run to the end and win therace."
Guidu Qin, who finished second behind Deng, was attempting his first 100-mile race.
Regarding being caught by Courtney Dauwalter with 20km remaining, he said, "Courtney ismy senior in this sport. When she caught up to me, I had no energy left, but I thought I
would try to stay with her until the end to learn from her. I think she could have passed meand finished, but she respected my pride and let me go ahead. I appreciate her
consideration."
Courtney Dauwalter, who became the champion of this event for the second time
following 2018, addressed the gathered crowd, saying, "I felt so lucky to be out there
seeing the sunrise with Mount Fuji. It was absolutely stunning. I hope you all saw it as well.
Generally I just felt like it was the best day to be out moving with my feet on an amazingcourse in a beautiful place with a wonderful community and that was what kept me pushingtowards the finish line."
Ryo Murata, the top Japanese male runner who finished 3rd, humbly reflected on hisperformance, saying, "This time, there were strong runners, and my goal was to at leastfinish in the top 10 among this group. As I progressed through the course, I was able togradually improve my position, but finishing 3rd overall and as the top Japanese runner wasunexpected. Staying faithful to my plan until the end led to this success."
The approximately 2,400 runners participating in the "FUJI100mi" will aim to reach thefinish line at Fujisan-no-Meisui Stadium, in Fuji Hokuroku Park, by the time limit of 21:00 onApril 27 (Sat).

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The "KAI70k" race, which covers the latter half of the "FUJI100mi" course with a distanceof 69.4km and a cumulative elevation gain of 3,493m, will start shortly at midnight on April
27 (Sat) at Fujisan-no-Meisui Stadium.
FUJI100mi Result （ https://leaderboard.runnet.jp/?tri=02524_20240426_01 ）(Men)
1 Guomin Deng (CHN) 19:10:34
2 Guidu Qin (CHN) 19:20:52
3 Ryo Murata (JPN) 20:27:14
4 Hayato Nishikata (JPN) 20:59:36
5 Alexandre Boucheix (FRA) 21:02:14
6 Takashi Doi (JPN) 21:26:12
7 Nagisa Itagaki (JPN) 21:41:47
8 Ho Chung Wong (HKG) 21:48:31
9 Tatsuya Saguchi (JPN) 21:57:46
10 Takamaru Kawasaki (JPN)(Women)1 Courtney Dauwalter (USA) 19:21:22

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Mt.FUJI100 2024 Event Outline■DATES Friday, April 26, 2024 – Saturday, April 27, 2024 (2 days)■Race category①FUJI100mi-Distance: Approximately 166.6km-Cumulative altitude gain: ＋7,039m / -7,614m-Start: Fujisan Kodomo-no-Kuni, Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture-Finish: FUJISAN NO MEISUI Stadium of Fuji Hokuroku Park, Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture-Race start time:
WAVE1 600 racers, 0:00, Friday, April 26 (*cutoff time: 45 hours)
WAVE2 600 racers, 0:10, Friday, April 26 (*cutoff time: 44 hours and 50 minutes)
WAVE3 600 racers, 0:20, Friday, April 26 (*cutoff time: 44 hours and 40 minutes)
WAVE4 600 racers, 0:30, Friday, April 26 (*cutoff time: 44 hours and 30 minutes)-Final cutoff time: 21:00, Saturday, April 27(*cutoff time: 44 hours and 30 minutes)-Number of racers: 2,400 (including racers registered through priority registration, generalregistration, and donation-based registration)②KAI70k-Distance: Approximately 69.4km-Cumulative altitude gain: +3,493m / ­3,670m-Start / Finish: FUJISAN NO MEISUI Stadium of Fuji Hokuroku Park, Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture-Race start time: 0:00, Saturday, April 27 (*cutoff time: 21 hours)-Final cutoff time: 21:00, Saturday, April 27-Number of racers: 800(including racers registered through general registration and donationbased registration)■Organizer: Mt.FUJI100 Race Committee<Member organizations>
General Incorporated Association Fuji Hakone Izu Trail Support
Mt.FUJI100 Joint Venture (Sotoe Co., Regionport LLC,Ltd., R-bies Co.,Ltd)■Cosponsored: Fuji City, Fujinomiya City, Minobu Town, Narusawa Village, Fujikawaguchiko Town,Fujiyoshida City, Oshino Village, Yamanakako Village, Gotemba City, and Susono City
■Supervisor: Mt.FUJI100 Joint Venture (Sotoe Co., Regionport LLC,Ltd., R-bies Co.,Ltd)■Environmet Support: NPO Fuji Trail Runners Club■Special Partner: THE NORTH FACE, GOLDWiN, W. L. Gore & Associates, Fuji-Q Highland■Support: Japan Sports Sgency, Japan Tourism Agency, Yamanashi prefecture, Doshi village, East
Shizuoka Association for the Promotion of/thru Sports, Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, Yamanashi
Broadcasting System, Television Yamanashi, FM Fuji, the Shizuoka Shimbun, Shizuoka
Broadcasting System, Shizuoka Telecasting, Shizuoka Asahi Television, Shizuoka Daiichi Television,and K-mix■Honorary Race Committee: Race Committee Members10 Municipal Heads■Race President: TSUYOSHI KABURAKI (General Incorporated Association Fuji Hakone Izu Trail
Support Representative Director, Professional trail runner)■Vice President of the race: KOICHIRO HORIUCHI (President, Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd.)■Race Producer: RICKA FUKUDA (Medical doctor and musician, resident of Fujikawaguchiko Town)■Co-representative:
TATSUO CHIBA (Representative Director, Sotoe Co., Ltd.)YOSHIHIRO TAJIKA (Representative, Region Port, LLC.)YU KUROSAKI (Representative Director, R-bies Co., Ltd.)■Advisor
SHIN MURAKOSHI (Professor, Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University)
MASUMI NAKAO (Representative Director of NPO Discover Rias)
TSUTOMU MIURA (Vice Chair and Head of Secretariat of NPO Fuji Trail Runners Club)

Mt.FUJI100 2024 Press Schedule4

A press conference to introduce promising runners will be held from 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 25,
the day before the race, followed by a press briefing at 1:30 p.m.
Also, the awards ceremony will be held on from 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27.
■Wednesday, April 24th
13:00Opening of press center
13:00-17:00
Start press registration
13:00-20:00
Mt.FUJI100 EXPO

*1 Fuji Hokuroku Park Press center*1 Fuji Hokuroku Park Press center*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium■Thursday, April 25th
09:00-10:30
Press registration
09:00-20:00
Mt.FUJI100 EXPO
11:30-12:30
Press conference (Japanese / English)
13:30-14:30
Press briefing (Japanese / English)
13:30-15:00
Press registration
22:00-23:30
Press registration at the start venue
23:30
FUJI Opening Ceremony (Japanese / English)*1 Fuji Hokuroku Park Press center*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium*3 Fuji Hokuroku Park Special stage*1 Fuji Hokuroku Park Press center*1 Fuji Hokuroku Park Press center
Fujisan Kodomo-no-Kuni
Fujisan Kodomo-no-Kuni■Friday, April 26th
00:00-00:30FUJI wave start
Fujisan Kodomo-no-Kuni
13:00-20:00
Mt.FUJI100 EXPO
*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium
19:10
First runner of the FUJI finishes (expected time)*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium
21:52
First female runner of the FUJI finishes (expected time) *2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium
23:30
KAI Opening Ceremony (Japanese / English)*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium■Saturday, April 27th
00:00
KAI start
07:30
First runner of the KAI finishes (expected time)
09:30
First female runner of the KAI finishes (expected time)
10:00-17:00
Mt.FUJI100 EXPO
10:45-11:15
mini long 5km awards ceremony
13:45-14:15
mini short 3km awards ceremony
17:00-18:00
KAI awards ceremony (Japanese / English)
18:00-19:00
FUJI awards ceremony (Japanese / English)
21:00
FUJI & KAI Final cutoff time
21:00
Closing on the press center*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium*3 Fuji Hokuroku Park Special stage*3 Fuji Hokuroku Park Special stage*3 Fuji Hokuroku Park Special stage*3 Fuji Hokuroku Park Special stage*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium*1 Fuji Hokuroku Park Press center［Location Details］*1 Fuji Hokuroku Park Press center︓
Gymnasium 1st floor conference room
*2 Fuji Hokuroku Park Stadium:
FUJISAN NO MEISUI Stadium*3 Fuji Hokuroku Park Special stage:
Special stage in FUJISAN NO MEISUI Stadium

5000,Kamiyoshida-Tateishi,
Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi-ken

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Live streaming to showcase the progress of top athletes and theappeal of the event to the world
During the Mt. FUJI 100 event period, participants can be searched on "Ouen Navi" tocheck their passing status and location information, and the "Leaderboard" will be updatedwith the passing status of the top 100 athletes in each category. IBUKIGPS also provides
information on the location of FUJI100mi elite athletes and IBKIGPS holders.
During the event, please check the following sites for information on each athlete's
location, ranking, running time, and other status.
Ouen Navi https://v2.ouennavi.jp/teaser/?eid=000000000338673
Leaderboard https://leaderboard.runnet.jp/?tri=02524_20240426_01
Available: April 26 (Fri) 0:00 - April 28 (Sun) 23:59
IBUKIGPS* https://ibuki.run/ev/8963646647679083605/*Only for elite athletes in FUJI100mi and athletes with their own IBUKIGPSLive programs in both Japanese and English will be broadcast from the late evening ofThursday, April 25, just before the start of the FUJI100mi until the late evening of Friday,
April 26, when the top athletes finish. The programs will include footage from aid stations
and the course, with commentary in both Japanese and English.
Japanese program: Mt. FUJI 100 official YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@mtfuji100
English live stream: Gran Canaria World Trail Majors official YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@WorldTrailMajors
English live stream: Mountain Outpost Official YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@MountainOutpost
In addition, Mt. FUJI 100's social media will provide updates on the event and information
as it happens.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mt.fuji100/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mt.FUJI100/
X: https://twitter.com/MtFUJI100

Contact information
Mt. FUJI100 Race Headquarters
955-1 Shuzenji, Izu City, Shizuoka, Japan 410- 2416
TEL: 0558-80-9700
FAX: 0558-80-9207
Email: press@mtfuji100.com
Website: https://mtfuji100.com/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mt.FUJI100/
X: https://twitter.com/MtFUJI100
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mt.fuji100/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTG7HNLx89OeaOsknc6mTg*Back numbers of the past press releases: https://mtfuji100.com/enpress/*If you would like to see official photos of the competition for the press,
please contact the above race headquarters.

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